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Tuba Batu is an Associate Professor and current Head of the Department of Handicrafts at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University's College of Vocational Schools. A ceramic artist born in Diyarbakır in 1980, she graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts (1998) with a focus on Ceramics, earned her master's degree (2006) studying female figures in contemporary ceramic art, and completed her Ph.D. at Marmara University in 2016 with the thesis "Identity-Memory: 'I Wanted to Be Known!'" After working in the ceramics industry as a designer and manager until 2016, she transitioned to academia in 2018.
- Established personal ceramic workshop in Çanakkale
- Published 8 solo exhibitions and multiple international participations
- Created large-scale architectural ceramic panels
- Authored book "I Wanted to Be Known!"
Her research spans ceramic materiality, female representation in art, and memory-identity concepts. Google Scholar metrics show 39 WoS citations, 12 total citations, and 31 h-index. She has advised 2 thesis students and contributed to interdisciplinary research linking ceramics with medical humanities.
The 2016-2025 article corpus reveals thematic continuity in
- Ceramic form-function dynamics
- Gender studies in Turkish contemporary art
- Memory and identity through materiality
- Migration narratives in visual culture
- Medical humanities intersections
- Digital museology applications
Contact: tubakorkmaz@comu.edu.tr | tubabatu.com
